Our Prevention Education team at Wally’s House is made up of Prevention Specialists and volunteers who are specially trained in disseminating prevention education to working professionals and the community. We are proud partners with Darkness to Light and offer their Stewards of Children Training (duration: 2.5-3 hours) that teaches adults and professionals practical actions that they can take to reduce instances of child sexual abuse in their organizations, families, and communities. Through interviews with a diverse group of individuals with lived experiences, experts, and treatment providers, Stewards of Children is one of the only evidence-based and adult-focused child sexual abuse prevention training offered in the United States that has been proven to increase knowledge and change behaviors.
Additional trainings that we offer include:
“Wally’s house 101” Duration: 30-60 minutes
Provides employees and/or parents with a deeper knowledge of what Child Advocacy Centers do. We go over 6 major keypoints of: who we are, the services we provide, the types of cases we see, the costs behind child abuse, how reports are made, and how someone could help their
local advocacy center/child in need.
“Child Abuse Signs, Symptoms + Prevention” Duration: 1.5 hours
This training is geared more towards professionals who work directly with children. Through this
training, we discuss prevention, types of abuse, boundary violations, reporting child abuse, and
how to handle disclosures. We discuss potential scenarios that could occur, and break out into
small-group conversations.
“Let’s Talk About It!” Duration 45mins-1.5 hours
A training geared towards community members/parents who are interested in better understanding the milestones of child development. Here, we discuss age ranges on when it is important to have conversations about our body and emphasize creating a safe home environment/trusting relationships with a child(ren). This training includes ages of 0-17 years old and the developmental stages of children. It can be broken down into focus groups (i.e., if an elementary school wanted to offer for parents, we could focus on younger ages of 5-12 years
old and reduce time of training). **WE DO NOT SUGGEST HOW THE PARENT DISCLOSES INFORMATION TO A CHILD, JUST GIVE SUGGESTIONS ON WHEN AND HOW TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.